Santa Cruz, California was dubbed "Murder Capitol of the World" during the 1970's, when the decade recorded nearly thirty local murders committed by no less than four serial killers. The Curse of Santa Cruz explains that decade of carnage, along with the horrific true and historical events including the demise of the local China Town, Mafia takeover, and even the Ranchero's of the area, all stemmed from an old Indian legend of a curse and the occurrences that lead to the annihilation of the Ohlone Indian Nation. When ex local news reporter Rowanda, now an aging high school teacher, recounts the history of Santa Cruz in a pilot class, she finally got up the nerve to test on her hard to impress students and her past comes back to haunt her. Drawing on her own experiences, including coverage of the bizarre bird attacks on the town (which gave rise to Hitchcock's masterpiece), she begins to engage a very impressionable group of teens. And even though she believes she has completely recovered from her years in a coma, after being left for dead behind the old Front Street Mansion (actual blueprint house for Hitchcock's "Psycho") by a serial killer who wrongly thought his beating had finished her, she is about to open old wounds that take her down new paths. As she and the class begin to take on the town's history as a mystery to be solved, the mystery starts to take them on as well, as the journey becomes one of self-discovery for them all.

What would make an aspiring preacher raise his hand to the love of his life. You'll be surprised. I have used my twenty years of teaching experience to come up with a format that will engage the hesitant reader. The avid readers will love this book. This is a deep drama that deals openly with the darker side of love. Told in a manner that gets the reader closer to the characters and their actions, this book trims the fat and gets right to the meat of the story. The characters step off the page, displaying a realistic drama that is almost tangible. Written for your reading enjoyment, this play, in its unique presentation, can be read with the ease of any novel. This play unveils the beautifully complicated secrets of a woman's heart and paints the picture we've all been waiting to see.

Is it possible to unravel the ego, and if so, to what end? When Suzi Greenberg unravels her ego down to a diaphanous veil of awareness, the Psycho-Cartographers are compelled to intervene. Using an elixir for perceptual evolution to guide them, they borrow an imperceptible quantity of drifting mass from the International Prototype Kilogram and power a sonic black-hole to generate a rift in the dreamscape where the fate of Suzi's jeopardized identity and the universally accepted concepts of duality, observation and existence itself hang in the balance.

Ramon Williams, a pretty faced, heavy set, single Christian woman that was making it from pay check to pay check. She battled with so many insecurities; Her weight, low self-esteem, her mind, fear, and so much more. Her so-called friend Michelle on the other hand, was an attractive, petite, wild, out-going; single woman who had everything going her way; the men, the expensive car, the high paying job, money, you name it. But she got it all the wrong way. Yet everything went her way. Because of Michelle's unbelief, she encouraged Ramona to loose her groove with God and got caught in sin. Tyrome who worked at the same firm, was tall, athletic, dark, and had skin like smooth chocolate. Gorgeous would be the best words to describe him. He at first seemed to be the love of Ramona's life, but later would prove to be her worst enemy. But because of God's mercy and grace, she over-came all of her obstacles and insecurities. This remarkable novel is based on a woman's struggle for inner peace that is so poignantly portrayed in this dynamic, funny unfettered, spiritual, story of betrayal and urban feigned love, that was restored to spiritual love......

Ramon Williams, a pretty faced, heavy set, single Christian woman that was making it from pay check to pay check. She battled with so many insecurities; Her weight, low self-esteem, her mind, fear, and so much more. Her so-called friend Michelle on the other hand, was an attractive, petite, wild, out-going; single woman who had everything going her way; the men, the expensive car, the high paying job, money, you name it. But she got it all the wrong way. Yet everything went her way. Because of Michelle's unbelief, she encouraged Ramona to loose her groove with God and got caught in sin. Tyrome who worked at the same firm, was tall, athletic, dark, and had skin like smooth chocolate. Gorgeous would be the best words to describe him. He at first seemed to be the love of Ramona's life, but later would prove to be her worst enemy. But because of God's mercy and grace, she over-came all of her obstacles and insecurities.

My Song of Solomon is a story of true love. "Many waters cannot quench love neither can floods drown it..." These were the words that Solomon Pierre' spoke softly to Barina Grant. She was petite with long beautiful kinky colored hair and had smooth light cream colored skin. While Solomon on the other hand, a poet with words and a spiritual love song in his heart; who had a deep and intriguing voice, a 6' foot stature, honey nut colored skin and muscles to be noticed. His words were ineffable. They were incapable of being expressed into words--they were just that breath taking. The thought of her ever finding true love was almost impossible as she became a 14-year old mother, and went from being homeless to a warehouse worker, to a properous writer. After meeting Solomon her feelings turned to him possibly being her eternal love. But through time and wrong choices, she nearly lost her life, her dreams, her career, and almost lost her mind. Yes will be the story that Barina will tell in this hope-filled, dynamic, moving, and purpose filled fiction story of feigned love, later turned into destined divine love...

My Song of Solomon is a story of true love. "Many waters cannot quench love neither can floods drown it..." These were the words that Solomon Pierre' spoke softly to Barina Grant. She was petite with long beautiful kinky colored hair and had smooth light cream colored skin. While Solomon on the other hand, a poet with words and a spiritual love song in his heart; who had a deep and intriguing voice, a 6' foot stature, honey nut colored skin and muscles to be noticed. His words were ineffable. They were incapable of being expressed into words--they were just that breath taking. The thought of her ever finding true love was almost impossible as she became a 14-year old mother, and went from being homeless to a warehouse worker, to a properous writer. After meeting Solomon her feelings turned to him possibly being her eternal love. But through time and wrong choices, she nearly lost her life, her dreams, her career, and almost lost her mind. Yes will be the story that Barina will tell in this hope-filled, dynamic, moving, and purpose filled fiction story of feigned love, later turned into destined divine love...